States advised to keep vigil ahead of Babri demolition anniversary
New Delhi, (IANS): The Union Home Ministry has issued advisory to all states ahead of the 25th anniversary of Babri Masjid structure demolition, which falls...
CPI-M leader remanded in CBI custody for Singur rape-murder
By IANS
Kolkata : A leader of West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and a party supporter were remanded in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody Friday for alleged rape and murder of an 18-year-old girl at the Tata Motors site in Singur. An embarrassed state government has termed it a "conspiracy".
With bruised Congress, will PDP align with BJP in J&K?
By Sheikh Qayoom,
Jammu : Does former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad opting out of the forthcoming assembly elections prove he is...
JNU also taking madrasa students in 1st year of degree courses
By TCN News,
New Delhi: After Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia, Jawaharlal Nehru University has also started taking madrasa pass-outs in the first year of graduation courses. This is second academic year that JNU is allowing madrasa pass-outs. Earlier the university would take them only in second year of three-year degree courses.
The admission application process in JNU has started in the first week of February. Last date of form submission is 15th March and (5th March by post).
Pravin Mahajan gets lifer
By IANS
Mumbai : A Mumbai trial court Tuesday sentenced Pravin Mahajan to life imprisonment for killing his elder brother, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, in April last year.
Pravin Mahajan was declared guilty of murder Monday under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and of criminal trespass under Section 449.
Pravin had gone to Pramod's residence in Purna building, Worli, around 7.45 a.m. April 22, 2006. After a brief argument, he pumped three bullets into Pramod's abdomen. A fourth bullet got wedged in the revolver, which malfunctioned.
Varied sizes jeopardize credibility of currency notes: Congress
New Delhi, (IANS): The Congress on Tuesday said variations in the sizes, designs and features in same series of new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000...
Israel plans new construction in east Jerusalem, West Bank
Tel Aviv, December 23, SPA -- Israel has plans to build an additional 740 apartments in disputed east Jerusalem and the West Bank in 2008, a Cabinet minister said Sunday, enraging Palestinians who say such construction undermines nascent peace talks.
22 Minority concentration districts among 105 most educationally backward districts
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: The Government of India has prepared a list of 105 districts that are educationally backward. 22 of these districts are also that are previously identified as Minorities Concentration Districts (MCDs) that scored low in various socio-economic indicators.
Obama’s Eid greeting to Muslims backfires
Washington : A White House message on Twitter wishing “Muslims in the United States and around the world a blessed and joyous celebration” of...
Two arrested for Indian’s murder in Australia
By IANS,
Sydney: A man and his wife were arrested Thursday for the killing of 25-year-old Ranjodh Singh whose partially burnt body was found dumped near a road in Australia's New South Wales late last year, police said.
Police said a 23-year-old man and his 20-year-old wife were arrested at two addresses in Sans Souci, in Sydney's south, just after 11 a.m., Sydney Morning Herald reported.
Singh's body was found beside Wilga Road, Willbriggie, near Griffith, Dec 29. Barely four days after his murder, another Indian Nitin Garg was stabbed in Melbourne, causing an outcry in India.
Another inmate attacked inside Amritsar jail
By IANS,
Amritsar : Just two days after Sikh sect leader Ajit Singh Phoola was set ablaze inside the high-security central jail here, an eyewitness to his killing was stabbed Saturday in the same complex by another prisoner who had improvised a spoon into a knife, an official said.
Gurdial Singh, who used to attend to the Nihang sect chief, was stabbed by another inmate Ranjit Singh with a spoon turned into a knife.
He was rushed to the hospital but his injuries on the neck and temple were not serious, doctors at the civil hospital here said.
Drugs worth Rs 32.50 mn seized at Mumbai Airport
By IANS
Mumbai : In a major swoop at the year-end, authorities have seized drugs worth nearly Rs. 32 million ($800,000) in two different cases at Mumbai airport Friday.
In the first instance, a Nigerian woman, Olaywola Olayinka Sunmi, was caught attempting to smuggle out morphine concealed in 15 packets of women's shoes.
She was cleared to board Ethiopian Airlines flight ET-611 when she was detained and her luggage searched. She holds a Nigerian passport (No. A-2643017), customs sources told IANS.
Cabinet sanctions Rs.37.8 bn on minority-dominated districts
By IANS
New Delhi : The Indian government has set aside Rs.37.8 billion in the Eleventh Five year Plan for the development of 90 districts where religious minorities are concentrated.
"The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took the decision which constitutes a part of the 15-point package for minority development conceived by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and promoted by the newly constituted minority affairs ministry," government spokesperson Deepak Sandhu said here Thursday.
Two arrested for hoax calls to blow up Howrah Bridge
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) Two suspects were arrested Tuesday for allegedly making hoax telephone calls that the historic Howrah Bridge, the gateway to the eastern metropolis, would be blown up.
The arrested had called up the helpline of a mobile telecom services provider and threatened that a bomb has been planted in a pillar at one end of the bridge, according to the police.
The police went into a tizzy on receiving the information from the telecom services provider and deployed sniffer dogs and bomb disposal squad personnel at the bridge.
Azamgarh native Ansar recovering after neurosurgery in Jeddah
By A.M. Aarif Jokatte for TwoCircles.net,
Jeddah: Ansar Ahmed (35), from Uttar Pradesh, is recovering after successful operation in Jeddah National Hospital. Native of Azamgarh in U.P., Ansar was found in the Baithul Hujjaj, Kandara in a paralyzed condition with immobility of his limbs after the spinal column was affected. His condition is satisfactory now and recovering in the Intensive Care Unit following the successful surgery conducted by the well known neurosurgeon Dr. Salih Bakkeeny, hospital authorities said.
The Curious Case of Sharjeel Usmani and Psychological Cognitive Distortion Disorder of Islamophobic crowd
By Tarafdar Zaman
Human right activist Sharjeel Usmani was picked by Uttar Pradesh police from his Azamgarh home on Wednesday evening. His brother said that...
Delhi police rebut CBI, insist two arrested men are militants
By IANS,
New Delhi : Five months after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said that two men arrested by Delhi Police in 2006 were innocent, the city police Tuesday sought to buttress its claim that the two were Al-Badr terrorists.
The Delhi Police Special Cell, in a fresh affidavit filed in the Delhi High Court Tuesday, said the two were in touch with a Pakistan-based terrorist.
The Special Cell claimed that the men - Mohammed Arif Qamar and Irshad Ali - were in touch with Baig, a Kashmiri militant in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir who heads the Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front.
Most Wanted in Bhatkal? A gynaecologist, a few surgeons and some good teachers
How does an entire city become a ‘terror hub’? And what can it do to challenge this notion? Bhatkalis have for long taken pride...
Prof. A R Kidwai of AMU invited by British universities for academic pursuits
By TwoCircles.net News Desk
New Delhi: Professor Abdur Raheem Kidwai, Director, UGC Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University, has been invited by some British universities namely, University College, University of London, Byron Centre, University of Nottingham and Department of English, University of Leicester for academic pursuits.
Salauddin Ahmed appointed first Muslim Chief Secretary of Rajasthan
By TCN News
Jaipur: Earlier this week, Rajasthan appointed Salauddin Ahmed to be the new Chief Secretary of the state. Salauddin is 1975-batch IAS officer.
Salauddin Ahmed was born in Lucknow in 1952 and was the Additional Chief Secretary prior to his promotion.
Ahmed is an MA in modern history. He has also a degree in public management from University of Sussex, UK.
Police destroy Maoists’ camp in Jharkhand, seize arms
By IANS,
Ranchi : Jharkhand police Saturday destroyed a Maoist training camp in West Singhbhum district and seized explosives and weapons from there.
According to police, para-military forces and the state police patrolling in the jungle areas at Nawagaon area of the district, which is around 170 km from Ranchi, spotted movement of around 20 to 30 Maoist rebels.
A fierce gun battle ensued between them and lasted for nearly two hours.
While the ultras managed to escape, security forces destroyed their training camp.
Bihar Govt to coach minority youths for police recruitment
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Patna: To increase the presence of minority communities in state police forces, the Bihar Government yesterday announced to start coaching centres in different districts to help minority youths to crack test for recruitment in security forces. The candidates will be coached for both academic and physical tests. The move though good could be termed as an electoral announcement to woo minorities before the assembly elections to be held later this year.
Test for Residential Coaching Academy of AMU on July 15
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Residential Coaching Academy of Aligarh Muslim University, set up this year to coach minority candidates for competitive government job exams, will hold a national test for selection of candidates on July 15 at four centers – Aligarh, Lucknow, Srinagar and Kozhikode.
Three Maharashtra towns under curfew after communal violence
By IANS,
Sangli (Maharashtra): Sangli and Miraj towns in Maharashtra Monday remained under curfew following communal disturbances while arson and violence erupted in Ichalkaranji town ahead of the assembly elections as the opposition blamed the state government for the situation.
District authorities imposed a 24-hour curfew in Ichalkaranji, a town populated by nearly 2.70 lakh, from 5.45 Monday evening, a Kolhapur police control official told IANS.
Citing preliminary information, he said there were reports of "arson, stone-throwing and group clashes".
Protests brewing against Tamil Nadu police
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu): Protests are brewing against the Tamil Nadu police following their reluctance to take action against a brutal attack...
‘Police followed legal procedure in visiting Kerala House’
New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi on Tuesday clarified that police did not conduct any raid at Kerala House, the official state house...
SMS threatens to ‘finish off’ BJP leader, blow up Mumbai
By IANS,
Mumbai: Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra legislative assembly Eknath Khadse of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been warned in an SMS that he will be "finished off" for his anti-terrorism utterances and Mumbai will be destroyed, a legislator said Monday.
"Khadse received the first SMS Sunday evening from a person called Naresh Cheddi, warning that the metropolis would be blown up within 36 hours," BJP member Devendra Phadnavis told a shocked house Monday evening.
Haj 2018 likely to be costlier, but not because of subsidy abolition
By Mohd Asim Khan
New Delhi (IANS): Haj 2018 is likely to be costlier than last year but not because of the abolition of subsidy...
Muslim party seems destined to sit in opposition
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Malegaon : As the time for elections to the posts of mayor, deputy mayor, etc. slated for Friday is coming nigh, the Indian Muslim Congress Party, a new party floated by Ulama and Muslim community leaders in the communally sensitive town of Malegaon in Maharashtra - which emerged as the single largest party winning 26 seats in the 72-member Malegaon Municipal Corporation - now finds it difficult to democratically capture the civic body. And the only option left with the IMCP now seems to be sitting in the opposition.
Sangh Parivar activists arrested for blasts in RSS office
By M.H. Jawahirullah
The cat is finally out of the bag. In numerous bomb blasts that have taken place in the country, the investigating agencies as well as the media swoop on certain Muslim organisations and brand them as terrorists, who perpetrated the ghastly crime.
Mumbai court convicts 12, acquits eight in decade-old Aurangabad Arms case
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: A special MCOCA court on Thursday convicted twelve accused and acquitted eight in a decade old Aurangabad arms haul...
Prohibitory orders relaxed in Delhi’s Trilokpuri
New Delhi: The prohibitory orders on gathering and movement of people imposed in east Delhi's Trilokpuri area following a communal clash were relaxed for...
‘Agra remains dirty because of wrong government priorities’
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra : Having lost the race to be included in the list of smart cities, this Taj city has now slipped to...
Pakistan speculates – after Musharraf who?
By IANS
Islamabad : After Musharraf who? That is the question doing the rounds in Pakistan with indications that Pervez Musharraf, president and army chief for the last nine years, may shed his uniform by the end of this year.
A strong hint of Musharraf's immediate plans was given by political confidant Mushahid Hussain Sayed in an interview to Washington Post.
President, HRD Minister invited for Jamia’s convocation on November 17
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia shall be holding its Annual Convocation-2014 on November 17, 2014 at 12.30 P.M. at Bhopal...
Another attack on Israelis in West Bank: Report
By DPA,
Tel Aviv : Israeli settlers in the West Bank escaped injury late Thursday after the third attack by militant Palestinians in the past 48 hours, Israeli media reported.
The concentrated attacks were seen as an attempt to undermine the Middle East peace talks that got underway Thursday in Washington between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The shootings took place at the Ofra settlement in the West Bank. An Israeli army spokeswoman said no one had been injured.
AMU organizes seminar on ‘dialogue among religions’
By TCN News,
Aligarh: “An undercurrent of conflicts has burst to the fore, threatening to turn religious coercion into wars and the solution in...
Swaraj Abhiyan dares Kejriwal for public debate on Jan Lokpal bill
New Delhi : Having termed ruling AAP's 2015 ombudsman bill "mahajokepal", the Swaraj Abhiyan on Sunday challenged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to a...
#HajFacts : क्या नई ‘हज पॉलिसी’ से बदलेगी भारतीय मुसलमानों के लिए हज की...
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : 2013-17 हज पॉलिसी अब समाप्त हो चुकी है. सरकार अब 2018-22 की नई हज पॉलिसी पर काम कर...
Restore democracy, Bhutto demands of Musharraf
By Muhammad Najeeb, IANS
Islamabad : Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto Wednesday made it clear she did not trust President Pervez Musharraf and demanded the immediate restoration of democracy, even as lawyers' protests continued for the fourth day after the imposition of an emergency.
In other developments, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif urged Bhutto to join hands against the military dictator to ensure he stepped down as army chief and held general elections in January as was originally scheduled.
Over 200 terrorists killed, nabbed by military personnel in Iraq – Official
By NNN-KUNA
Baghdad : During the last two weeks of September, 205 terrorists were killed and arrested, while 77 displaced families returned to their homes in Baghdad, said an Iraqi military official.
During a press conference Wednesday, spokesman for Operation Law and Order Brigadier Qassem Ata-Allah said 26 terrorists were killed and 179 others were arrested during Sept 15-30.
Musharraf unofficially declared successful in presidential elections
By Xinhua
Islamabad : Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf was unofficially declared successful in the presidential elections on Saturday, the state-run PTV channel reported.
The results of the poll from the National Assembly, Senate and four provincial assemblies showed that Musharraf achieved a crushing victory in the presidential elections.
Gulf Traffic Exhibition 2007 in Dubai in December
By IANS
Dubai : The Middle East's premier traffic and transport infrastructure show 2007 will be held in December at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre, Emirates news agency WAM reported.
The Gulf Traffic Exhibition 2007 will bring together international manufacturers and suppliers offering latest products, services and technologies for the traffic and transport industry.
Scholar’s suicide: Rahul seeks action against Dattatreya
Hyderabad : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday favoured the students' demand for action against union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, the Hyderabad University vice...
Dargahs, Mosques demolished in Nizamuddin area of Delhi; businessmen shut shops in protest
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Three mosques and two Dargahs were demolished in Delhi on July 10 by Delhi Development Authority (DDA), and the locals are...
Mumbai wall collapse – Jamaat -e-Islami-Hind joins the rescue team
TCN News
The heavy incessant rains in Mumbai resulted in wall collapse in Malda east, a suburb in Mumbai, leaving nearly 25 persons dead and...
Adarsh scam: Navy gives report to defence ministry
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Indian Navy Wednesday submitted its report to the defence ministry on the Adarsh housing society scam involving some serving and retired officers of the armed forces.
Musharraf defies US pressure over lifting emergency
By DPA
Islamabad : Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf refused to lift the emergency rule immediately, as he met US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte Saturday, officials said.
"The US diplomat expressed concern over the existing political instability in Pakistan and asked President Musharraf to take certain measures to calm down the opposition forces," a Pakistani presidential official said.
Aligarh-based NGO launches scholarship for Kashmiri students studying in AMU
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Aligarh: With an aim to bring Kashmiri students in national mainstream, Aligarh based non government organization ‘SOCH –...
117 ITIs sanctioned under MsDP program: Heptulla
By TCN News
New Delhi: Multi-Sectoral Development Programme (MsDP), a flagship program of the Ministry of Minority Affairs has sanctioned 117 ITIs, 44 Polytechnics,...
BJP leader in TN alleges girls wearing purdah cheat in exams; MMK demands action...
By Ahamed Ansar MS for TwoCircles.net,
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu): Condemning a fresh hate speech against Purdah by the BJP leader, the Manithaneya Makkal Katchi...
Top Pakistani law officials may be sacked
By IANS
Islamabad : Pakistan's law secretary and attorney general may be sacked, media reports said Tuesday, a day after the Supreme Court slammed the government and imposed a fine for making "scandalous" claims against suspended chief justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry.
JNU to widen its door for madrasa students
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: Madrasa students from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh may in near future get direct admission in courses at India’s prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi.
2 dead in communal violence in Yavatmal, situation tense, curfew imposed
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Two talukas, Digras and Pusad in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra, are under curfew, police have been given shoot-at-sight order, two persons from the minority community have been killed, one in police firing, during the violence that erupted on Friday 18th July in Digras taluka. Yavatmal comes in the eastern Vidharbha region.
According to Aman Nirban, president of Muslim Vikas Manch, an NGO, at least 300 people have been arrested in Digras alone and the situation is very tense there.
A political safari
By M.J. Akbar,
Victory and defeat in an election are a judgement call between options, not an epic choice between good and evil. It takes a couple of days at most for the celebrations to peter out and the tantrums to ease; then it is back to the difficult business of delivering governance against the background of raised expectations.
Civil secretariat starts functioning in Srinagar
Srinagar : The civil secretariat offices re-opened here on Tuesday after functioning for six months in winter capital Jammu.
Chief minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed was...
Islamic Relief Worldwide leads the way for ‘Islamic Declaration on Climate Change’
By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Istanbul/New Delhi: Islamic Relief Worldwide, an international humanitarian organisation and a member of the United Nation's Economic and Social Council has...
Zakir Naik finally gets venue for media meet
Mumbai : Controversial Mumbai-based televangelist and Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who addresses audiences around the world, has finally found a venue for his media...
In Pictures: Community kitchen at Dhobi Ghat offers hope, succor to displaced people
Following the Dhobi Ghat Pathshala, the women-led Dhobi Ghat Jhuggi Adhikar Manch established the Dhobi Ghat Community Kitchen with the help of the All...
Relaxations for Gujarat riot victims in recruitment for Indo-Tibetan Border Police
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs at the Centre has announced relaxations for the victims of Gujarat 2002 riots in criteria for the recruitment in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP), a central government force that runs under the ministry.
Ma’dani not to approach SC for anticipatory bail
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kollam: PDP chairman Abdunnasir Ma’dani yesterday stated that he had put an end to the moves to approach the Supreme Court for anticipatory bail in connection with the Bengaluru blast case. He was speaking to media persons at Anvarsseri in Kollam when the Karnataka police had already reached the district to accelerate the procedures of his arrest and the Kerala government repeated its offer of cooperation.
Azamgarh man giving respect to life in death
By Salman Sultan, TwoCircles.net Special Correspondent
Azamgarh: Long back, to be precise 7th September, 1998, a Hindi daily “Aaj” carried a report entitled “This is how unclaimed dead bodies are disposed”. The report showed through a photograph as to how two persons were throwing shrouded dead bodies, brought in a rickshaw, in river Tons from the bridge. Compared to this callous attitude of administration the report extolled virtuous work of Irfan Ahmad, a member of Muslim Relief Committee, Azamgarh.
Egypt calls for continuing efforts to activate peace process
By Xinhua
Cairo : Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Saturday called for continuing efforts to activate the peace process in order to resume the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations.
    Speaking to diplomatic reporters, Abul Gheit held the continued blockade on the Palestinian people undoubtedly contributing to instigating the fighting inside the territories especially in the Gaza Strip, referring to the deteriorating humanitarian conditions.
Saudi tourist arrivals may be low but just as important, says Minister
By NNN-Bernama
Jeddah : Malaysian Tourism Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said here the number of tourist arrivals to Malaysia from Saudi Arabia may be smaller than that from other countries but it is still an important market for tourism industry players in Malaysia.
Tourists from Saudi Arabia and other West Asian countries were important to Malaysia because they stayed longer in the country and spent three times more than the other tourists, he told reporters last night.
President hails skill schemes for youth
New Delhi, (IANS) : President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday hailed the central government for launching several schemes for improving skills in youth to improve...
Hyderabad groups protest against participation of Israeli varsities in education summit
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Democracy but not BJP
By Zohra Javed, TwoCircles.net,
Suddenly everyone from Khushwant Singh to Vir Sanghvi, while claiming to be "no friends of the BJP" want it back in the political ring, fighting fit. Reason? India is a democracy and we need a strong opposition in a democratic set-up. The third front was a bubble that has burst long ago. Communists on their own had already proved that they really don't matter anyway.
So it is now a political party bathed in the blood of innocents that must come forward to play "the meaningful opposition" in our so called secular democratic system.
Attack on Soni Sori is an attempt to suppress the voice of voiceless: CLMC
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Condemning the attack on Adivasi activist Soni Sori, Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC), a Hyderabad-based civil rights group has criticized...
PDP condemns civilian killing in Kashmir
By TwoCircles.net news desk
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly condemned the killing of a youth at Damhal, Hanjipora in district Anantnag allegedly in the security forces' custody. The party has also condemned the police action on the protesters in the area.
A civilian Riyaz Ahmad who used to earn his living by baking breads was killed Saturday morning. Indian Army claims that he was killed in crossfire while Kashmiri say it was another instance of custodial killing.
Polls a month away, but Delhi’s candidates not known
By Rahul Vaishnavi,
New Delhi : Delhi will vote in the Lok Sabha elections exactly a month from now but the two big parties, the...
IOS organizes lecture on relevance of Sufism in contemporary context
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Institute of Objective Studies organised the Seventh Qazi Mujahidul Islam Memorial Lecture on “Sufism: Relevance and Significance in Contemporary Context” at the conference hall of the Institute here on April 18, 2015.
Delivering the lecture, Shah Qadri Syed Mustafa Rifai Jilani Nadwi, Sajjadah Nashin, Khanqah Qadriya wo Rafaiya, Bangalore, Founder President of Idaarah Al-Islah, Bangalore and Member General Assembly, IOS, New Delhi, noted that Sufism did not denote merely to dress up in woolen garments and patched clothes, nor did it mean to go into a state of ecstasy at a melodious devotional song (qawwali) sung by a qawwals.
A love-marriage, not love-jihad, which changed India’s history
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
A single love-marriage between Prithviraj Chauhan and Samyogita, daughter of his cousin and king of Kannauj, Jai Chand, perhaps played a more significant role in changing the history of India than several other factors. Though the mothers of both were sisters, Prithviraj eloped with Jai Chand’s daughter. In return Jai Chand––unlike other Rajput kings and chieftains, who supported Prithviraj––allied with Muhammad Ghori, who succeeded in capturing Delhi in his second attempt in 1192. Ghori did not spare Jai Chand either and in 1193-94 defeated him in the Battle of Chandawar. He was killed and his son Harish Chandra ruled Kannauj as a sub-ordinate of Ghori and his successors until 1225, when Iltutmish ended his reign.
Civil groups of Manipur condemn killing of Muslim youth, call for peace
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Cheated Indian women workers stranded in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh : Thirty-two Indian women have been awaiting repatriation for months at a shelter house in Saudi Arabia after recruitment agencies back home conned...
Report on latest status of pilgrims
By SPA
Makkah : All governmental and private organs in Madinah region, which are participating in this year's Hajj, are applying the most sophisticated technologies that facilitate the reception and departure procedures of pilgrims since their arrival in Madinah and departure from the Prophet (Peace be upon him) city to their home-countries under the follow-up and care of Prince Abdul-aziz bin Majed bin Abdul-aziz, the Governor of Madinah region, who is also the Chairman of the Hajj Committee in Madinah.
US troops pull-out in Iraq ‘on schedule’: Pentagon
By Xinhua
Washington : A plan to reduce US troops in Iraq from the present 158,000 to about 100,000 by the end of 2008 is on schedule, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said at a press conference.
However, he emphasised many developments could affect that plan, and he left open the possibility that the US may need to add troops in Afghanistan.
Current Pentagon plan calls for reducing the 20 combat brigades in Iraq to 15 by next summer, which would leave roughly 130,000 US troops there.
Taliban releases 12 South Korean hostages
By IANS
Ghazni (Afghanistan) : The Taliban Wednesday freed 12 South Korean hostages, while the remaining seven hostages would be released Thursday.
A Xinhua reporter saw a local tribal elder handing over four hostages - three female and one male - to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Qarabagh district.
The hostages soon would be transferred to Ghazni city, the capital of Ghazni province.
Earlier Wednesday, Taliban militants freed seven female and one male hostages. They had arrived in Ghazni city and met South Korean officials.
Christian, Muslim communalism increasing in Kerala: Chief Minister
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Thiruvananthapuram: Christian and Muslim communalism is growing in Kerala and it is hard to control, said the state Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan. The Opposition leader maintains they are a secular party but there is Christian-Muslim communalism under their curtain of secularism, he said at the face-to-face programme organized by the Kesari Memorial Trust.
Maliki appeals for int’l support for conflict-stricken Iraq
By Xinhua
United Nations : Iraqi Prime Minister Nori Kamil al-Maliki on Wednesday called on the international community to support his country on way to peace, security and prosperity.
United Nations : Iraqi Prime Minister Nori Kamil al-Maliki on Wednesday called on the international community to support his country on way to peace, security and prosperity.
Voices seeking revocation of AFSPA grow louder after the killing of four civilians in...
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Srinagar: The demand for revoking the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has grown louder after four civilians and two militants...
Meghalaya Muslims celebrate Eid, offer prayers for Gaza
Shillong : Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, was Tuesday celebrated across Meghalaya, a predominantly Christian state, with prayers...
Kashmir protest against Rushdie
People hold Protests after Friday prayers in Jammu
By News Agency of Kashmir
Srinagar/Jammu: Normal life in Capital city of Jammu and Kashmir and its other districts remain paralysed as all the business houses were closed and transport stayed off the roads in protest against knighthood (Sir title) being conferred on controversial India born author Salman Rushdie the accused of insulting Islam.
Maoists kill man for collecting levy in their name
By IANS,
Ranchi: Maoist guerrillas slit the throat of a person in Jharkhand's Bokaro district accusing him of collecting levy in the name of the Communist Party of India-Maoist, police said Tuesday.
The man's body was found near Kharichatar village of Bokaro, around 145 km from Ranchi, Tuesday morning. The man is yet to be identified.
"The person's hands and legs were tied and his throat was slit. The Maoists left a pamphlet near the body saying that the person was collecting levy in their name," a police officer told IANS.
BJP march to PFI centre banned; ‘Will go on with march’ – BJP
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Malappuram: The police today banned the march to be conducted by the BJP tomorrow to the Green Valley, main centre of the Popular Front of India in Malappuram. The BJP has however decided to go on with the march.
Malappuram district SP K Sethuraman banned the march based on the report of the Crime Branch DySP that the march may lead to communal tensions as there are nearly 12 mosques on the way. BJP leaders reportedly said that the party would go on with the march despite the police order.
No official information from Karnataka on Ma’dani’s arrest: Kerala Home Minister
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Thiruvananthapuram: The Karnataka police have not officially informed the state regarding the arrest of Ma’dani, said Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan. Whereas, the Karnataka police reportedly claim they had informed Kerala before five days itself on the matter. However, Kerala is ready to cooperate with the Karnataka police and the latter is reportedly adamant on not returning before making the arrest.
Iran and Russia to cooperate in CNG cylinder production
By NNN-IRNA
Tehran : Directors of Russia's Euroski company have expressed their readiness to cooperate fully with Iran by transferring technology for manufacturing CNG gas cylinders.
Technical director of Euroski company, Alexander Rushkoff during a visit to Iran Khodro auto manufacturing company described the visit as the basis for overall Iran-Russia cooperation in the field.
Euroski Company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of CNG cylinders.
He said that Iran Khodro Company will be the axis for the two states' cooperation.
Dalit student awarded Rohith Vemula Memorial Scholarship by Lucknow NGO
By TCN News
Lucknow: Chandan Kumar Ram, a Dalit student whose parents work as labourers, was awarded the first Rohith Vemula Memorial Scholarship by...
TNTJ to organize blood donation camps in gulf countries
By TCN News
Dammam: Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath (TNTJ) is going to organize blood donation camps in Saudi Arabia to collect the blood which will be used for Hajj and Umra pilgrimages in emergency cases during this year Hajj.
The blood donation camp will be held on 16th July, 2010 at 1:00 pm onwards by TNTJ Dammam Province at Al khobar King Fahd Hospital. This will be the 6th such camp organized by TNTJ. It is expected that 200 donors will donate their blood at the camp.
Olmert to seek approval to free 250 Palestinian prisoners
By DPA
Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt) : Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said he will seek the approval of his cabinet to free 250 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails in a show of support for Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas.
Political witch-hunt of MIM leaders will cost Congress: Muslim intellectuals of Andhra Pradesh
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net
The Anti Terror Fatwa: but who is listening?
By Salil Kader,
31st May 2008 was an important day for all those opposed to acts of terrorism being carried out around the world and which are wrongly attributed to Islam and its teachings.
जीवनगढ़: जहां दो विधवा बहनें ‘डेथ-सर्टीफिकेट’ के लिए तरस रही हैं…
Asma Ansari for TwoCircles.net
अलीगढ़ शहर का एक छोर… लेकिन यहां मामला शहर से बिल्कुल उल्टा है. पतली गलियां... बजबजाती नालियां... फटे-पुराने झुग्गी-झोंपड़ियां... ग़ुरबत... मुसीबतों...
Saqib Saleem to launch free cricket academy for underprivileged kids
New Delhi, (IANS) : Actor Saqib Saleem is set to launch his own cricket coaching center, here. He hopes to provide the best cricketing atmosphere to...
मुसलमान-दलित एकता के साथ शुरू हो भगदड़ और मौत में ख़त्म हुई मायावती की...
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
लखनऊ: बसपा के संस्थापक कांशीराम की पुण्यतिथि के अवसर पर आज लखनऊ में रैली का आयोजन हुआ. और इसी रैली के मंच...
Lal Masjid storming was neither victory, nor defeat: Musharraf
By IANS
Islamabad : Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has praised the troops who participated in the Lal Masjid operation earlier this week, but said the mosque storming to flush out Islamist radicals was "not a matter of victory or defeat".
He also said that the radical elements holed up in the mosque and the seminary attached to it were "misinterpreting Islam for their own benefit, misleading people and creating chaos in the society".
A year later, Churachandpur’s dead remain in a morgue, awaiting justice
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Churachandpur/Delhi: Can the mood of a district of Manipur be replicated in the capital of the country? Maybe not, especially given...
Ernakulam Biogas Plant mishap: search ends, bodies buried
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
Kochi: The dead bodies of all the four killed in the biogas plant mishap in Ernakulam were buried yesterday. The rescue operators ended the search for more dead bodies in the pool of the plant as all employees suspected to be missing were found.
The biogas plant in the compound of Al Jamia AL Kausariya Arabic College exploded on Wednesday, killing four people. The deceased are identified as Muhammed Ibrahim Turk alias Muhammed Ansari (64), Safan Giri (30), Shukdev Pancha (29) and Lalu (42).
Farooq Abdullah undergoes successful kidney transplant
Srinagar : Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah underwent a successful kidney transplant operation in London, family sources said Monday.
His wife Molly...
Protest march in Gurugram over FIR for stopping ‘namaz’
Gurugram, (IANS): A protest march under the banner of the Sanyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti was taken out here on Monday to demand cancellation of an FIR...
Haneef says he has nothing to do with jihad, fears being framed
By Neena Bhandari, IANS
Sydney : Muhammad Haneef, the Indian doctor from Bangalore held here for his suspected role in the failed UK bombings, is said to have told Australian Federal Police (AFP) that he knew nothing about the plot, he had never had firearms, explosives or terrorist training and denied he had ever been asked "to take part in jihad or anything that could be considered similar to jihad".
Abducted German woman freed in Afghanistan
By DPA
Kabul : Security forces have freed German woman abducted in Afghanistan, the interior ministry and police here confirmed.
The woman, identified as 31-year-old Christina M., was abducted Saturday from a Kabul restaurant by armed men.
An Afghan news channel earlier Sunday aired video footage of the aid worker with a kidnapper, who said that "Madam Christina" would be released in a prisoner exchange.
A spokeswoman for the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin also confirmed the report of the abductee's release.
Bengal accounts for one in every five missing children in India: CRY
Kolkata : One in every five missing children in India is from West Bengal, which reported 14,671 cases of missing children in 2014 or...
Batla House encounter: Is CIC also under pressure?
By TCN News,
New Delhi: This past February 9 the Central Information Commission had summoned Delhi Police in Batla House encounter case. The CIC was to conduct second hearing on an RTI petition seeking post-mortem reports of those killed in the shootout and details about other Delhi serial blasts accused. But did the hearing take place? If yes, what is the CIC’s ruling? Nobody knows because attempts from mediapersons to get details from CIC drew blank.
Mohammad Khatami invited to Spain
By IRNA
Madrid : Former president and Head of International Institute for Dialogue among Civilizations Mohammad Khatami has been invited by two Spanish foundations to attend a conferences on Iran an Islam.
International Institute of Arab Muslim World studies affiliated to Spanish Foreign Ministry and Romeo Cultural Foundation separately invited Khatami to Spain.
Khatami is to participate in conferences to study Islamic world situation and Middle East developments to be held in Madrid and Barcelona in next February.
Hyderabad varsity students want VC to go
Hyderabad : Students and two professors of University of Hyderabad vowed after their release from jail to intensify their struggle till Appa Rao is...
Kejriwal gives Rs 1 crore compensation cheques to families of Ahmed, Khan
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday handed over cheques of Rs one crore each to the family members of slain...
15 wounded in Kashmir protests over militants’ death sentences
By IANS,
Srinagar : At least 15 people, including eight policemen, were injured Friday in violence during a strike called by the separatist Hurriyat Conference in the Kashmir Valley to protest the death sentences of two Kashmiris for the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast.
Violence erupted in parts of Srinagar city early Friday after mobs shouting anti-India slogans took to the streets in several localities even though the entire old city was placed under an undeclared curfew by the administration.
Delhi professor, Syrian scholar honoured for Islamic studies
By IANS
Paris : An Indian professor teaching at the University of Delhi has been chosen for the 2007 Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture, along with Syrian scholar Aldine Lolah.
The prize was presented Thursday by Unesco Director-General Koichiro Matsuura and Sharjah Culture and Information Department Director General Abdullah Al Owais during a ceremony organized at Unesco headquarters here Thursday.
Bangladesh hunts for Tagore’s stolen Nobel medal
By Xinhua
Dhaka : Bangladesh's elite strike force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel are conducting a massive hunt in the capital and its adjoining areas for Rabindranath Tagore's stolen Nobel Prize medal, which was smuggled into Bangladesh.
They are trying to nab two persons who are suspected of possessing the 1913 Nobel Prize medal awarded to Tagore, which was stolen from West Bengal in 2004, local newspaper The Independent reported Thursday.
UAE group to bring affordable healthcare to smaller Indian cities
By Arun Kumar, IANS
Washington: A prominent woman-owned hospital group in the United Arab Emirates, begun by a woman who moved there from Nagpur, plans to bring affordable health care services to smaller Indian cities with a $24 million World Bank financing.
"The project will introduce high clinical and managerial standards and create new jobs where there is significant unemployment, especially in smaller Indian cities," the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank Group member, said on signing of agreements to finance Zulekha Hospitals Group's expansion plans.
US-led coalition strike kills several Taliban
By SPA
Kabul, Afghanistan : U.S.-led coalition troops conducted an air strike on Taliban weapon smugglers in southern Afghanistan, as Afghan and NATO-led troops continued their siege of a contested town in the region, officials said Monday.
Several militants were killed and two civilians were wounded in the coalition air strike and ensuing operation Sunday in the Musa Qala district of Helmand province, the coalition said in a statement.
Two arrested with stolen idols
By IANS,
Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh) : Two people have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh with two stolen antique idols said to cost Rs.200 million in the international market, the police said Monday.
Vijay Kumar Lodhi and Chandan Lodhi were arrested Monday from Barabanki's bus station with the idols, each weighing about 10 kg, said Barabanki Additional Superintendent of Police Gyaneshwar Tiwari.
Last month, five idols were stolen from a temple in Sitapur district.
Telangana govt continues to rust encounter victims’ families in court of law
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Hyderabad: The writ petition filed by families of encounter victims got adjourned till April 28 as nervous Telanagna government dragged on its time bargain. Victims’ counsel protested the government’s attitude in playing hide and seek over such an urgent burning issue.
All the news that is not fit to print
It is high time that Muslims of India realize that if they don’t tell their own stories, no one else will. And why should...
Tenant fined Rs.1 lakh for dragging on case for years
By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday slapped a fine of Rs.1 lakh on a tenant of a property for dragging on the property dispute case for years together and not letting the owner use it.
“मुजफ्फरपुर दंगों की जांच हाशिमपुरा की राह पर”
By TCN News,
‘अजीजपुर गाँव, मुज़फ्फरपुर में दिन दहाड़े हुए साम्प्रदायिक हमलों पर जिस प्रकार सरकार लीपापोती कर रही है, उससे ऐसा प्रतीत होता है कि बिहार सरकार, मुज़फ्फरपुर में हुए साम्प्रदायिक हमलों में वही फ़ैसला देना चाहती है जैसा फ़ैसला उत्तर प्रदेश के हाशिमपुरा नरसंहार में आया है.’ यह बातें कहीं गयीं मुज़फ्फरपुर दंगों पर ‘समाज बचाओ आंदोलन’ द्वारा की गयी एक समीक्षा सभा के दौरान कही गयीं.
Lok Sabha polls clash between secular, communal forces: Omar
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday described the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections as an ideological clash between secular and communal...
Muslims to need to be a political force: Bukhari
By IANS,
New Delhi : Saying he had voted against the Congress for letting down Muslims, prominent Islamic cleric Syed Ahmad Bukhari Thursday said it was time India's largest minority became a political force.
"For 60 years political parties have made promises to Muslims. We have voted for different parties who claim to be secular but we have been neglected. Now Muslims need to emerge as a political force," Bukhari told IANS.
Jamia encounter: Jamia teachers to march towards Parliament
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: To press their demand for judicial enquiry into the Batla House encounter, the teachers of Jamia Millia Islamia has given a call for citizens’ march to Parliament on October 24.
The Jamia Teachers' Solidarity Group, an independent organization of faculty members of JMI, will organize the march. The group has demanded judicial enquiry by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court.
Delhi terror hits averted, cops look for hidden RDX
By IANS,
New Delhi : With the arrest of a Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) militant and seizure of explosives, Delhi Police Thursday claimed to have averted a major terrorist strike in the capital, but they still have no clue of seven kg of RDX buried somewhere in the city.
Sleuths of Delhi Police Special Cell arrested Abdur Rehman from the New Delhi Railway station Wednesday night. Following his interrogation, they recovered 3.1 kg of RDX, five detonators and one timer device buried near a mosque in D Block of Janakpuri area in west Delhi.
Former French president Chirac to face corruption charges
By DPA,
Paris: Former French president Jacques Chirac will go on trial early next year on corruption charges, according to French courts.
Kuwaiti Justice and social affairs Minister visits Yemen
By SPA
Sanaa : Kuwaiti Justice and Social Affairs Minister Jamal Ahmed Al-shahab will pay on Tuesday a three-day state visit to Yemen to have talks with officials focusing on aspects of judicial cooperation between the two Countries.
During the visit, the Two sides will sign an accord on Judicial cooperation, the official Yemeni "26 September" newspaper reported without giving further details.
Teaching in KMC Varsity to commence from July 15
By TCN News,
Lucknow: Teaching in 16 subjects will commence at the Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti (KMC) Urdu, Arabi-Farsi University here from July 15 next.
Mystery deepens over Delhi girl’s death in Kanpur
By IANS
New Delhi : The mystery over Delhi girl Devyani Narang's death in Kanpur Saturday deepened further Sunday.
A friend of Devyani claimed that she had received a message from her saying she "was fed up with the life and want complete peace."
Devyani's classmate at Delhi's Bhatnagar International School, Garima told some television news channels that she had received an SMS from Devyani from Lucknow saying, "I'm fed up with all these things in life. I want complete peace."
Centre likely to take decision on Afzal Guru execution before LS polls
By Andalib Akhter, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: The UPA government at centre, particularly the major constituent the Congress party is all set to take a final decision on the execution of Afzal Guru. Afzal Guru has been sentenced to death by the apex court in Parliament attack case, but his clemency application is pending before the President of India.